Can Havening Techniques be Used to Create a Better Workplace?

Can Havening Techniques be Used to Create a Better Workplace?

In my last article, I looked at how personal problems impact on a workplace and on its profitability. From an engineer’s viewpoint, we love to be able to find an answer or a solution or a fix to any sort of problem, and I talked about how Havening Techniques®...
Are Personal Problems Affecting Your Workplace?

Are Personal Problems Affecting Your Workplace?

Yes, absolutely. And you can do something about it too! OK, maybe I should expand on this adding to the discussion, otherwise this would be an embarrassingly short post. My role – in fact much of my life – is spent tracking down problems that are causing people and...
Are You Having Zombie Problems?

Are You Having Zombie Problems?

Do you have a problem with Zombies? Or, to be more accurate: do you have zombie problems; those problems you thought you’d dealt with or that you ignored? And they… Keep. Coming. Back. To haunt you? Maybe you’re just burying these problems and hoping they...
Who’s Asking the Difficult Questions?

Who’s Asking the Difficult Questions?

No-one particularly likes being asked difficult questions. And it’s not that easy to ask them either. It can come across as being challenging, or critical, or sometimes simplistic. But as an Engineering Detective, it’s my role to prod, question and challenge to hunt...
If offered a helping hand for no reward, would you take it?

If offered a helping hand for no reward, would you take it?

The words of wisdom are that “nobody does anything for nothing in this world” We all know that many people won’t ask for help or admit that they need help in their personal lives. Maybe this is because they don’t want to be seen with a weakness, or they...
Is It Healthy for Me?

Is It Healthy for Me?

Morning for me starts with a (big) bowl of porridge. With demerara sugar. And full-fat Greek yoghurt. And apple. And it got me to thinking about what I eat in general during a day – about the snacks (yes, chocolate, beer and crisps frequently do come into it)...